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The tradition continues…Saxo Bank’s Outrageous Predictions 2008If you’ve read Saxo Bank’s yearly Outlooks over the last few years, you’ll know we don’t hold back in our annual attempt to predict the black swan sightings in global markets for the year ahead.Remember though, these predictions are made more in an attempt to provoke thought than at accuracy!This year, we have to mention our predictions are a bit on the pessimistic side – so let’s hope that we’re very wrong with the gloomiest of them.

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This sports-medicine company (Nasdaq:ARTC) sells a suite of surgical instruments and supplies in a hotly competitive market. Within that market, one small niche represents over 50% of the company’s revenue growth. That is the percutaneous disc decompression (PDD) market. Citron believes that the concerns about Arthrocare are well beyond possible reimbursement issues, but could extend all the way to insurance fraud. [more]